Business Goals
Utah Open Source Foundation is planning for the future with local Utah Businesses. Below is a draft version of our plans to promote and help businesses using Open Source.
Business Learning
- Provide both community and business education in Open Source
- Start a business with Open Source tools
- OpenSourceTV and UTOSF
- Provides a subscription based (and free) tools for the business and Open Source
- CTO Breakfasts
- Visit with other business geeks (not everyone there is a CTO) and learn about cool new technologies and business practices
Business and Community
- Networking
- Meet and learn about other businesses and community members.
- Business events for community
- Community events for businesses
- Geek Lunches / Dinners
- Regular meetings to discuss technology, business and community
- Sometimes more technical, other times more social.
- Business focus needed, but less formal than original Geek Dinners from Phil Burns.
Business and Open Source
Benefits of Open Source don't come without a cost. However, besides the smaller monetary requirement, the costs are generally something a business can accomplish. Below is a bit of information on some of the benefits and costs of becoming an Open Source business. * Lowering costs of starting/running a business
- Possible sponsorships for User Groups and Events
- Pool of potential employees who are intelligent and dedicated to the technologies
- Giving back to the community
- Partnering with other businesses using Open Source
- Intelligent employees who care about the software they use
- The ability to provide first class tools with a low or no cost solution 80-90% of the time